Cheer up, early-morning drivers. It could be worse.
If you're like me and spend much of your pre-dawn commute dodging deer, as I did again this morning, needing to take evasive actions two different times to avoid mangling Bambi, this blog item is for you.
Be grateful you don't live in West Virginia.
According to a study done by State Farm Insurance, West Virginia tops the list of places where you are most likely to be involved in a car crash involving a deer.
The odds in West Virginia are 1 in 43. That's actually a little bit better than the numbers from 2016, when the odds were 1 in 41.
Pennsylvania checks in at No. 3 on the list, behind Montana. The odds here are Pennsylvania 1 in 67, that's up 5.8 percent from the year before.
Want to go somewhere where it's highly unlikely to hit a deer? Try Hawaii. The chances there are a miniscule 1 in 6,823.
Good luck driving there.
Just in case you were wondering, those run-ins with our four-legged friends are not cheap. State Farm estimates average cost of such a collision will set you back $4,179. That's up from $3,995 the year before.
Be careful out there.
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